TCR Carousel Home Sensor Removal and Replacement

Parts and Materials Required

Time Required

  • 30 minutes

Removal Procedure

  1. Put on proper PPE.
  1. Carefully open the Service Drawer.
  2. At the TCR Carousel PCB, unplug the cable that goes from the TCR Carousel to the COP.
  3. Unplug the TCR Carousel home sensor from the PCB.
  4. Using the 2.5 mm ball driver, remove the bolt and washer that secure the plastic wire router/clip for the TCR Carousel home sensor cable.
  5. Remove the plastic wire router/clip from the TCR Carousel home sensor cable (unless the new TCR Carousel home sensor comes with a new wire router/clip).
  6. ClosedUsing the 2.5 mm ball driver, remove the screws that secure the TCR Carousel home sensor.
  7. Remove the TCR Carousel home sensor taking note of the orientation of the colored wires from each side of the sensor.

Replacement Procedure

  1. Insert the new TCR Carousel home sensor. Ensure that the lip of the sensor goes underneath the base plate bracket
  2. Using the 2.5 mm ball driver, insert and tighten the bolts that secure the TCR Carousel home sensor to the base plate.
  3. If the new TCR Carousel home sensor does not have a plastic wire router/clip, attach the old plastic wire router/clip and use the 2.5 mm ball driver to insert and secure the bolt.
  4. Plug the TCR Carousel home sensor into the PCB.
  5. Close the Service Drawer.

Verification

  1. Load a TCR bottle with at least 20 mL of saline on slot 1 of the TCR Carousel.
  2. Start up Service Software.
  3. In the main Pipettor tab, select Pipettor, and initialize All Dialog Controlled Modules.
  4. In service Software, navigate to the Pipettor screen and select the Move tab.
  5. Pick a tip with the Right Arm.
  6. In the Right Arm box, select TCR Carousel. Double-click the 1x1 box to move the Pipettor to the TCR Carousel, bottle 1.
  7. Select Bar to perform a barometric level sense of the TCR.